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Suddar spewed forth this undeniable truth:
This is why I hate Texas. It's basically a hotbed for everything I dislike about America. I could go into detail and I guess I will if I'm prompted, but I don't really feel like it right now, but trust me when I say I'm not (totally) talking out of my ass.
It's regional. Austin, oddly enough, is one of the most liberal areas I've ever visited and has a *really* active gay and lesbian community. Parts of Houston are the same way - anyone who's lived in or around Houston can tell you about Montrose. 
-Tok
-Tok
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How.... Toktuk.... uughhhhhh:
Ah, but if you think of yourself as an American first and a human being second, what does that make you?-Tok
An asshole to everyone but Americans.
-Tok
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JooJooFlop wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
We are all passengers on Starship Earth.
And everyone else is breathing too much of our air.
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Mr. Parcelan enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
An asshole to everyone but Americans.-Tok
Why are you signing your posts with his name?
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Noxhil2 wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Why are you signing your posts with his name?
It's the hip thing to do.
-Tok
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Noxhil2 said:
Why are you signing your posts with his name?
What are you talking about?
- Tok
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Mike the Butcher had this to say about pies:
I don't like states that breed people to use the term "y'all"
I demand that you stop using the terms "yeah," "ok" and "sure," as those are all common forms of slang as well.
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So quoth Kait:
I demand that you stop using the terms "yeah," "ok" and "sure," as those are all common forms of slang as well.
yeah, about that, you sure you want us to do that? Really? I mean, its ok by me if we stop but....
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Kait had this to say about Captain Planet:
I demand that you stop using the terms "yeah," "ok" and "sure," as those are all common forms of slang as well.
I never told people to stop using the word "ya'll" only stated that I dislike states where the word is predominately used in everyday conversation. Nice try though.
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Mike the Butcher got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
I never told people to stop using the word "ya'll" only stated that I dislike states where the word is predominately used in everyday conversation. Nice try though.
Thats probably the most retarded anti-Texas argument I've heard so far.
For one, Ya'll is a fairly common form of you all, and is no where near being Texas exclusive, it pretty much dominates the south. Hell, Missouri usues it as do a lot of other northern states.
Second, even if you want to make it regional, every single region in the country has its version of slang words, or common usage words prominant for thier area. New York, Florida, California... I mean come on.
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How.... Y.O.T.C.... uughhhhhh:
yeah, about that, you sure you want us to do that? Really? I mean, its ok by me if we stop but....
Sure, yeah, it's ok by me
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Faelynn LeAndris got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Second, even if you want to make it regional, every single region in the country has its version of slang words, or common usage words prominant for thier area. New York, Florida, California... I mean come on.
Like, oh my god!
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Faelynn LeAndris had this to say about (_|_):
Thats probably the most retarded anti-Texas argument I've heard so far.For one, Ya'll is a fairly common form of you all, and is no where near being Texas exclusive, it pretty much dominates the south. Hell, Missouri usues it as do a lot of other northern states.
Second, even if you want to make it regional, every single region in the country has its version of slang words, or common usage words prominant for thier area. New York, Florida, California... I mean come on.
Holy shit it was a fucking joke, take the clamp off your nuts and relax.
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Mike the Butcher had this to say about Duck Tales:
Holy shit it was a fucking joke, take the clamp off your nuts and relax.
A joke that you continued to defend with reasoning on semantics towards Kait? Even going so far as to end it with a "Nice try though" comment. 
Edit: And note, I skipped the original comment, I didn't say anything until you tried to defend it. Faelynn LeAndris fucked around with this message on 04-22-2005 at 06:37 PM.
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Faelynn LeAndris had this to say about the Spice Girls:
A joke that you continued to defend with reasoning on semantics towards Kait? Even going so far as to end it with a "Nice try though" comment.Edit: And note, I skipped the original comment, I didn't say anything until you tried to defend it.
You just have no humor.
- Tok
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Faelynn LeAndris had this to say about pies:
A joke that you continued to defend with reasoning on semantics towards Kait? Even going so far as to end it with a "Nice try though" comment.Edit: And note, I skipped the original comment, I didn't say anything until you tried to defend it.
Your sense of humor stinks.
-Tok
Of course, if the supreme court steps in and strikes down such a ban as unconstitutional, they walk into the "activist judges" claim the Republican party has been levying, due to the fact that they're weighing in on a state-voted issue that will most likely have passed with a staunch majority, and become part of the propaganda. If they don't, of course, they're ineffectual, and face an outcry from the liberal public, gay rights groups, etc.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I would love to hear one argument for this that isn't inherently based on morality.
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Channeling the spirit of Sherlock Holmes, Leopold absently fondled Watson and proclaimed:
I would love to hear one argument for this that isn't inherently based on morality.
There isn't one.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsage stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
There isn't one.
Is "Because buttsex is icky" a moral reason?
I've been to other states and I'd like to visit all of them. I also wouldn't mind visiting Europe at some point. But I'll always end up back here. I've met more people that have said they came to Texas and loved it then those that left because they hated it. There is just something about this place.
I have no desire to defend Texas from the ravenous hordes here. I enjoy living here, I enjoy talking about Texas and that is good enough for me. I consider myself a Texan first and American second because this is where I will be if shit is to ever hit the fan. It is because I call this place "Home".
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Faelynn LeAndris had this to say about Tron:
Crap crap crap Missouri crap crap crap crap
Ya'll leave Missouri out of this Texas arguement. For the record, we don't really say "ya'll" all that much, just every other breath.
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ACES! Another post by Zaza:
A) People ridicule you because of the childish TEXAS FUCK YEAH threads and posts.
Fun Fact: There have been a larger number of anti-Texas and mock "TEXAS, FUCK YEAH!" (as in the second post in this thread) threads and posts in any even remotely recent timeframe, than have been threads and posts that you claim.
It's cool to make fun of those who take pride in, or have a large attachment to things that they like, though. So go ahead and continue. I mean, if it wasn't cool to do such things, you would have no reason to call people descriptors such as 'geek' or 'nerd' who are enthusiastic about things like computers, anime, and other such things. Therefore this is obviously a necessity.
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ACES! Another post by Densetsu:
Fun Fact: There have been a larger number of anti-Texas and mock "TEXAS, FUCK YEAH!" (as in the second post in this thread) threads and posts in any even remotely recent timeframe, than have been threads and posts that you claim.It's cool to make fun of those who take pride in, or have a large attachment to things that they like, though. So go ahead and continue. I mean, if it wasn't cool to do such things, you would have no reason to call people descriptors such as 'geek' or 'nerd' who are enthusiastic about things like computers, anime, and other such things. Therefore this is obviously a necessity.
Naturally. Liking anime or computers is the exact same thing as making a post akin to:
"hey guys hilarious texas joke comin up this liberal once was driving in texcas and like this state troper stopped him and the liberal (he was a weenie HAHA) was like 'uuh i didnt drive too fast or anything' and the state troper was like 'here in texas we do things our way' and shot him in the face LOOOOOLLLLLLLLL"
Make yourself stupid and you get ridiculed for it. It's that easy. There's been way more posts ridiculing Zeke for his vampire fencing incident than he posted vampire fencing incidents, so that's a non sequitor.
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Densetsu attempted to be funny by writing:
Fun Fact: There have been a larger number of anti-Texas and mock "TEXAS, FUCK YEAH!" (as in the second post in this thread) threads and posts in any even remotely recent timeframe, than have been threads and posts that you claim.It's cool to make fun of those who take pride in, or have a large attachment to things that they like, though. So go ahead and continue. I mean, if it wasn't cool to do such things, you would have no reason to call people descriptors such as 'geek' or 'nerd' who are enthusiastic about things like computers, anime, and other such things. Therefore this is obviously a necessity.
There's a world of difference between being dedicated to a hobby and being a nationalist. People who defend their system / company / game of choice to the death against anything that is not pure praise are in fact made fun of.
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This one time, at Zaza camp:
Naturally. Liking anime or computers is the exact same thing as making a post akin to:"hey guys hilarious texas joke comin up this liberal once was driving in texcas and like this state troper stopped him and the liberal (he was a weenie HAHA) was like 'uuh i didnt drive too fast or anything' and the state troper was like 'here in texas we do things our way' and shot him in the face LOOOOOLLLLLLLLL"
Make yourself stupid and you get ridiculed for it. It's that easy. There's been way more posts ridiculing Zeke for his vampire fencing incident than he posted vampire fencing incidents, so that's a non sequitor.
So because one person (RIG I believe) posted a joke several months ago that was Texas related, everyone who lives in the state, as well as the state itself, are objects of ridicule? wtg. Zeke is one person's stupidity bringing ridicule to that one person. This is one person's sense of humor not meshing with that of others, bringing an entire state under ridicule. You're right, what you're doing isn't akin to what I compared it to. It's worse.
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Mod probably says this to all the girls:
There's a world of difference between being dedicated to a hobby and being a nationalist. People who defend their system / company / game of choice to the death against anything that is not pure praise are in fact made fun of.
I don't see the difference. You can defend a type of car, or a sports team to the death, and you're cool. You defend the place that you live even in the slightest, and suddenly you're a moron worthy of ridicule. Apparently there is a world of difference.
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Densetsu got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Fun Fact: There have been a larger number of anti-Texas and mock "TEXAS, FUCK YEAH!" (as in the second post in this thread) threads and posts in any even remotely recent timeframe, than have been threads and posts that you claim.It's cool to make fun of those who take pride in, or have a large attachment to things that they like, though. So go ahead and continue. I mean, if it wasn't cool to do such things, you would have no reason to call people descriptors such as 'geek' or 'nerd' who are enthusiastic about things like computers, anime, and other such things. Therefore this is obviously a necessity.
Nonono I was serious.
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Densetsu had this to say about Optimus Prime:
I don't see the difference. You can defend a type of car, or a sports team to the death, and you're cool. You defend the place that you live even in the slightest, and suddenly you're a moron worthy of ridicule. Apparently there is a world of difference.
Blind fanboyism is generally looked down upon, even at EC, just look at the WoW / EQ2 threads or the Gamecube wars. Nationalism comes off worse than sports fanboyism because nationalism has been the cause of numerous catastrophes in the past while sports fanboyism has a far, far lower deathcount and is often only used jokingly.
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So because one person (RIG I believe) posted a joke several months ago that was Texas related, everyone who lives in the state, as well as the state itself, are objects of ridicule? wtg. Zeke is one person's stupidity bringing ridicule to that one person. This is one person's sense of humor not meshing with that of others, bringing an entire state under ridicule. You're right, what you're doing isn't akin to what I compared it to. It's worse.
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Either you think that by using that as an example I considered all other "TEXAS YEAH" posts ever to be unimportant, or you actually think it was the only "TEXAS YEAH" post ever was RIG's joke.
I can't figure out which is dumber.
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Zaza attempted to be funny by writing:
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Either you think that by using that as an example I considered all other "TEXAS YEAH" posts ever to be unimportant, or you actually think it was the only "TEXAS YEAH" post ever was RIG's joke.
I can't figure out which is dumber.
You quoted an example that, as I said, is several months old. This just confirms that I am right about there not being as much, as Mod puts it 'Rabid Fanboyism', about Texas as there is on the opposite side of the fence. I didn't say, nor even imply, that your example was the only one. I merely used it as the basis for my arguement, since it was the only specific post that you'd mentioned. Everything else was just referred to as "'Texas, fuck yeah' posts." Don't dodge the point of my post (that there is a double-standard, just in case you didn't see the point).
And Mod, this has nothing to do with Nationalism. Most of the pro-Texas posts in this thread have been here simply to dispel ignorance about the state. I'm sure there have been times when someone has spouted misinformation about Austria that would paint a negative picture (or likewise Sweden for Zaza), where you have attempted to correct their ignorance. As I see it, that's all that is going on here. When people say that Texas is nothing but a desert filled with inbred redneck Christian hyper-activists, I don't see anything wrong with saying, "Hey guys, that's not exactly true." Unfortunately, it seems that there is something wrong with that. I wish I knew what it could be.
Hell, I don't think any Texans in this thread have actually defended the thread's original topic, only defended Texas against ignorance.
If it was as the stereotype suggests, I'd imagine he'd be bruised and battered when he came home. However, he was smiling and giddy... a bit bruised, but I wouldn't want to detail that aspect of his journey.
I've been to Dallas a couple times. Primarily wandering around in between flights. I didn't see much, but I didn't encounter cow polks and their swag. I encountered people like I'd find in any other large city.
Band Wagons are dumb. :[ LeMiere fucked around with this message on 04-23-2005 at 02:24 PM.
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Densetsu wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
You quoted an example that, as I said, is several months old. This just confirms that I am right about there not being as much, as Mod puts it 'Rabid Fanboyism', about Texas as there is on the opposite side of the fence. I didn't say, nor even imply, that your example was the only one. I merely used it as the basis for my arguement, since it was the only specific post that you'd mentioned. Everything else was just referred to as "'Texas, fuck yeah' posts." Don't dodge the point of my post (that there is a double-standard, just in case you didn't see the point).
The reason the anti-texas thread appeared in the first place was a stupid post by Timpofee. Unless you're ready to start underbuilding your arguments like "More anti-texas than texas fuck yeah threads" with actual links and statistics I'd suggest not following this path any further.
You suck at spin doctoring, stop trying to do it. Zaza fucked around with this message on 04-23-2005 at 02:32 PM.
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Zaza attempted to be funny by writing:
The reason the anti-texas thread appeared in the first place was a stupid post by Timpofee. Unless you're ready to start underbuilding your arguments like "More anti-texas than texas fuck yeah threads" with actual links and statistics I'd suggest not following this path any further.You suck at spin doctoring, stop trying to do it.
Oh boo-freaking-hoo. Just admit there's a double-standard around here when it comes to such things, since you apparently aren't denying it. Yes, Timpo made a post. There was another post made as an anti- to his post. Why couldn't it have just ended there? Was your lust for ridicule not sated?
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Densetsu's fortune cookie read:
Oh boo-freaking-hoo. Just admit there's a double-standard around here when it comes to such things, since you apparently aren't denying it. Yes, Timpo made a post. There was another post made as an anti- to his post. Why couldn't it have just ended there? Was your lust for ridicule not sated?
Good to see that you have returned to "it is so because I say so". At least it isn't the farce of you trying to back your points up.
Why would I admit anything when you haven't made any argument that didn't carry roughly the same amount of holes as a piece of swiss cheese used for target practice on a firing range?
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Everyone wondered WTF when Zaza wrote:
Good to see that you have returned to "it is so because I say so". At least it isn't the farce of you trying to back your points up.Why would I admit anything when you haven't made any argument that didn't carry roughly the same amount of holes as a piece of swiss cheese used for target practice on a firing range?
Whatever, dude. Go ahead and justify the ridicule of Texans over nothing however you like. Sorry that I didn't present my arguement to your satisfaction. Holes or not, my point was rather clear, and you just choose to ignore it.
